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64-Bit Gaming Oversold to Consumers

Posted by Zonk on from the not-even-the-bag-of-potato-chips dept.

Ryan Shrout writes "Recently AMD and Atari have both been promoting the game "Shadow Ops: Red Mercury" as the first 64-bit game to hit retail shelves. Even without an operating system ready for it, both companies want us to believe that the 64-bit version of the game adds a large amount of detail and visual quality that the 32-bit version just can't handle. PC Perspective decided to go buy the game and test those claims."

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  1. New life for UltraLinux as Gamer engines by infonography · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    UltraLunix i.e. Linux for Ultrasparc 64bit systems has few compelling rationalisms for development. However why wait for AMD and Intel to build 64bit chips when you can build your emulators on a real 64bit chip. Sure it's slower but it is the real deal. SuSE is draging alone based on 7.3, isn't it time linux development refocused? Also a good venture for actual developers as Solaris 10 starts to enter the open source world.

    yes it's a shameless plug from a ultralinux developer.

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